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Respondents consider the most important opportunity1for <br /> farming in Orange County to be cooperative arrangements. <br /> What do you perceive as the most important opportunities for growing and/or diversifying agriculture in Orange <br /> County? List up to three opportunities. <br /> 53 responses <br /> 11 respondents listed cooperative arrangements. All other opportunities were listed by <5 respondents. <br /> "Opportunity for shared professional "Distr[i]bution networks that "Creating another facility for <br /> kitchen spaces affordable for small purchase directly from small producing value-added farm <br /> batch production so we can get farmers" products, because the existing <br /> started producing and selling <br /> one i,. 1—ked 24/7/361 " <br /> without significant startup costs" <br /> "Decentralized private "I'm in the non-commodity livestock <br /> food hubs/farmer owned business. I sell my meat direct to <br /> "Investment in infrastructure and cooperatives" consumers and to other businesses which <br /> projects that support small sell my meat direct to their customers. I <br /> farmers and local food systems -- think for too long farmers in my sector <br /> food hubs, processing centers, food cooperative have been focusing on what they, as <br /> farmer cooperatives" individuals, can produce and sell. I think <br /> we need to start thinking more <br /> collectively and pool our resources." <br />